Movies starring Edward Asner

El Dorado (1966)

126 mins     Adventure , Western      

No one played John Wayne better than John Wayne. That may sound like a very daft statement when you look at Wayne's westerns, especially those during the second half of his career he played a certain type of cowboy. He was th...

Change of Habit (1969)

88 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Change of Habit" was Elvis's 31st movie and the last proper movie which he starred in, it was actually part of a deal which his manager struck with NBC in return for his 1968 TV special. To be honest, you can see through Elv...

The Christmas Star (1986)

94 mins     Drama, Family      

The Christmas Star (1986) Edward Asner stars as Horace an escaped convict masquerading as Santa to try and find the loot he stashed from a robbery...

Switched at Birth (1991)

186 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

It is the sort of thing you read in the press, a hospital mix up leads to two sets of parents taking home the wrong baby and it makes you wonder how many more times it might have accidentally happened and you have parents out...

Payback (1997)

94 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

I don't remember it mentioning it at the start of "Payback" but this is one of those true story movies and one which sadly misses out on a real opportunity to scare the crap out of the audience. Now "Payback" is simple and it...

Hard Rain (1998)

97 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Hard Rain - star studded action spectacular featuring a flooding town a group of bad guys after millons which a security guard has hidden from them...

The Bachelor (1999)

101 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Movie Review - The Bachelor (1999) Chris O'Donnell stars as Jimmie Shannon, the bachelor who has just 48 hours to marry to inherit a multi million dollar fortune, the question is; will he find anyone?...

The Animal (2001)

84 mins     Comedy      

"The Animal" has two things going for it; the first of those is Rob Schneider being likeable, delivering the juvenile sort of comedy which will amuse young audiences but without really offending anyone. The second thing is Co...

Elf (2003)

97 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Elf: Will Ferrell stars as Budy the baby who hid in Santa's sack and raised at the North pole as an Elf, a large Elf till he returned to the city to find his dad...

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003)

84 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Let's see we have a storyline about an emotionally restrained, estranged father with a drink problem, I've seen that before in another movie. And we have a teenage girl trying to get to know said father who over the summer do...

Out of the Woods (2005)

87 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Out of the Woods (2005) Edward Asner stars as the man from Yodder, who walks like a little Jedi and offers words of wisdom to his grandson Matt (Jason London)

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The Christmas Card (2006)

84 mins     Drama, Romance, TV Movie      

So here's a simple question, what do you expect from a Hallmark romantic Christmas movie? Yes that's right a lot of sweetness, plenty of charm, a detachment from real life but a movie which radiates warmth. And that is everyt...

Christmas Is Here Again (2007)

74 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

Christmas Is Here Again: when an orphan rescues an elf he takes her to see Santa whose sack has been stolen so they try to get it back...

Generation Gap (2008)

95 mins     Drama, Family, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Generation Gap (2008) Edward Asner stars as Bart Cahill, a former military man who finds himself with his teenage grandson, Dylan (Alex Black), for the summer as his mother can't handle him as he is always gett...

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)

100 mins     Drama, Family      

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage: Jared Padalecki stars as the teenage Thomas Kinkade who returns home at Christmas to try and help his mum who is struggling to make ends meet...

Up (2009)

96 mins     Adventure , Animation, Drama      

Even as a kid I wasn't crazy about animated movies, oh I enjoyed some of the classics from Disney which in fairness I still enjoy today but I never went crazy about them. That may explain why I never really got on the animati...

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)

87 mins     Comedy, Crime, Family, TV Movie      

Christian Martyn and Jodelle Ferland, the two young stars of "Home Alone 5", otherwise known as "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist", weren't even born back in 1990 when Macaulay Culkin starred in the original "Home Alone". Makes ...

Second Chances (2013)

90 mins     Drama, Romance, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Second Chances (2013) Alison Sweeney stars as Jenny who falls for Jeff (Greg Vaughan), a fire-fighter who rents her spare room after breaking his leg and needs somewhere on the ground floor to stay. But as a si...

All of My Heart (2015)

90 mins     Comedy, Romance, TV Movie      

Movie Review - All of My Heart (2015) Lacey Chabert stars as Jenny who finds herself falling for Brian (Brennan Elliott) when they both inherit a half of an old house in Bucks County. Trouble is that Jenny's previous boyfrien...

The Nutcracker Sweet (2015)

80 mins     Animation      

Having endured "The Nutcracker Sweet" let me start this review by stating that this movie was not made with me in mind. The question is, who was the intended audience? Well let me suggest that this is a movie for young childr...